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They just made me talk to run down the clock, said a bunch of platitudes and that was it. Again, almost felt like sitting there and pretending to listen was a way for them to fulfill some quota, not seriously consider my candidacy. It took me about 3.5 years to get a stable RA (which, in my opinion, is ridiculous). But this was a good time to observe and realize the real reason -> they just hire each other -> the white professors hire white students (and some asians), the asian professors hire asian students (and some white ones), while I was told (I am a minority, not asian) "you just don't fit in here, good luck". A freaking joke.
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Graduate Student Researcher

Interviewed at MIT

4.4★
Jul 14, 2015

They just made me talk to run down the clock, said a bunch of platitudes and that was it. Again, almost felt like sitting there and pretending to listen was a way for them to fulfill some quota, not seriously consider my candidacy. It took me about 3.5 years to get a stable RA (which, in my opinion, is ridiculous). But this was a good time to observe and realize the real reason -> they just hire each other -> the white professors hire white students (and some asians), the asian professors hire asian students (and some white ones), while I was told (I am a minority, not asian) "you just don't fit in here, good luck". A freaking joke.

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